Remember the days of everyone wearing a weightlifting belt? Even those Valeo velcro belts in pink? No? Ahhhhh, you’re too young. Anyway, regardless of your age or experience, wearing a weightlifting belt and learning proper breathing is something you need
I was 27 years old and getting my car filled up on gas at the local gas station. It was almost Summer time and I was wearing shorts and a t shirt. A guy I knew saw me and said,
It goes back to my days of getting my knee injury checked out in high school and Dr. Medina would ask me what I was going to do with my life. WHAT was I going to BE? Of course, at
If you read my Encyclopedia of Underground Strength & Conditioning you KNOW I have a HUGE regret, which is that of NOT knowing what weightlifting was back in 1989 when “Andre The Giant” made me cry. I could have had
I arrived in Pittsfield at 1:17 PM on Friday. Training was to begin at 4 PM. This was the beginning of the FIRST ever Spartan Wrestling Camp. As always, I am inspired by Joe DeSena and everything happening up here
It was a summer morning in 1990 and I had arrived at my favorite place, The Metuchen YMCA. This wasn’t the updated YMCA with their brand new equipment, nicely painted walls and senior citizens aimlessly roaming the gym floor. This
Hard Work is BEAUTIFUL. That is the first step towards success in any endeavor, Loving work rather than fearing work. You’ll find resistance all around you as you work your ass off to achieve greatness in any endeavor, be it
I am always finding inspiration. For some reason, everything I see inspires me in some shape or form. I am inspired to be better than I currently am as well as to not be like the things I see
Here is a small excerpt from The Navy SEAL Ethos to preface some of my influence behind the way I think and the way I pay attention to things: We demand discipline. We expect innovation. The lives of my teammates
Above, new art work at The Underground Strength Gym…. The day before I had a good workout. Not a Great workout, just good. Good is the death of Greatness, don’t forget that. I was motivated to crush today’s training and
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